Newsday In Education
An educational experience for Long Island students
The Newsday in Education field trip for 5th graders aligns with the introduction to journalism in their school curriculum. While at Newsday, students participate in interactive experiences, explore multimedia spaces, meet journalists, and learn about the importance of local news to their communities. Back in the classroom, students receive unlimited access to Newsday.com and Newsday’s electronic edition and use what they learned during their trip to write articles on the news event they covered.
As soon as students arrive, they’re handed a press pass and become a cub reporter for the day. They also receive a backpack with their very own reporter’s notebook and pen to cover a breaking news assignment created just for them.
The cub reporters participate in a mock press conference and work alongside an experienced Newsday reporter to gather the most important information on their breaking news assignment — The Who, What, When, Where, and Why.
They also collaborate with their classmates to create a Mad Lib news report for social media and enjoy taking photos at our green screen photo booth, complete with props and images related to the news story they cover.
Students tour the newsroom where they meet Newsday editors and reporters and get to experience the news as it happens. The next stop is NewsdayTV Studios for a meet-and-greet with multimedia journalists and news anchors. They also visit the broadcast control room for a behind-the-scenes look at how Newsday’s newscast is produced.
What educators are saying:
Thank you so much for having us this morning! We are so impressed with the organization, content, and layout of the trip. This was an amazing experience for our fifth-grade writers. We are so grateful to you and your team. We look forward to hopefully making this an annual trip for our fifth grade!
LONG BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Long Beach City School District
The staff was so friendly and the experience was interactive. The kids really enjoyed it and learned a lot!
CANTIAGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Jericho Union Free School District
It was an amazing experience for our students and the teachers! We were so impressed with your level of enthusiasm and professionalism. The team was incredibly organized and well planned. The students learned so much about what it takes to be a great journalist! Thank you for helping us to launch our new writing unit in journalism! The children are excited to start writing news reports!
BAYLIS ELEMENTARY
Syosset Central School District
This was a great field trip overall! Very organized, educational, and cross-curricular. Can’t beat that it’s free!
ST. PATRICK SCHOOL
Smithtown (Diocese of Rockville Centre)
The experience for fifth graders was authentic and memorable. They were immersed in real life reporting that sparked an excitement for journalism. This trip was well organized, planned, and aligned with teachers’ college reading and writing units of study. Overall, this was an incredible way to begin our journalism unit and ignite a new passion for writing within students.
WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Long Beach City School District
The staff was fabulous. The students were engaged. . . . It was a lot of fun and very well organized.
THOMAS J. LAHEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Harborfields Central School District
The program was very professionally run, and all of the teachers felt that a trip like this is beneficial to students of this age. It really gave them a look inside the job of a journalist as well as other aspects of the process. Many of the students walked away interested in possibly working at Newsday one day!
FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Wantagh Union Free School District
The trip was amazing! Everyone was extremely welcoming and organized. The students were engaged the entire time. They loved being reporters, touring the facilities and taking their photos on the green screen. Thank you very much for an enjoyable day!
LAUREL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Brentwood Union Free School District
For more information, contact education@newsday.com.
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